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A Map of the Dark

A Map of the Dark

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2000s: A teenage girl has gone missing from Forest Hills, Queens…

  • ISBN: 978-1473662773
  • Genre: Crime, Thriller

What you need to know before your trail

FBI Agent Elsa Myers finds missing people.  She knows how it feels to be lost…

Though her father lies dying in a hospital north of New York City, Elsa cannot refuse a call for help. A teenage girl has gone missing from Forest Hills, Queens, and during the critical first hours of the case, a series of false leads hides the fact that she did not go willingly.

With each passing hour, as the hunt for Ruby deepens into a search for a man who may have been killing for years, the case starts to get underneath Elsa’s skin. Everything she has buried – her fraught relationship with her sister and niece, her self-destructive past, her mother’s death – threatens to resurface, with devastating consequences.

In order to save the missing girl, she may have to lose herself…and return to the darkness she’s been hiding from for years.

Travel Guide

New York

A crime in parts of the city not much explored in fiction.This takes you out of Manhattan and into the suburbs. The dark and mysterious suburbs if this book is to be believed.

Two main areas to explore – Forest Hills and Ozone Park

Forest Hills

The crime scene and focus for the investigation. Th boyfriend lives in Forest Hills Gardens and this is a cosy network of genteel blocks with stucco and brick Tudor fronted by manicured lawns

Ozone Park

Its’ fifteen minutes from Forest Hills to Ozone Park and the house where Elsa grew up. The Whitelaw street clapboard with its gambrel roof and arched entrance is in need of fresh paint and the bushes separating it from the side walk have grown spiky and full.”How quickly an empty house returns to the wild Elsa thinks”

Streetview Maps

A) New York - Forest hills
D) New York- Ozone Park - Whitelaw Street

Booktrail Boarding Pass:  A Map of the Dark

Destination: New York City  Author/Guide: Karen Ellis   Departure Time: 2000s

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